}
//if we have technical metadata convert it to the standard form
if(techmd != null && techmd.getChildren().size() > 0) {
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
XmlContent xml = getStandardXmlContent();
if(xml != null) {
XMLStreamWriter sw = xmlOutputFactory.createXMLStreamWriter(baos);
xml.output(sw);
String stdxml = baos.toString("UTF-8");
//convert the std xml back to a JDOM element so we can insert it back into the fitsXml Document
try {
StringReader sReader = new StringReader(stdxml);